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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 10/10] rocker: implement L2 bridge offloading
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:27:14 -0500
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On 11/10/14 13:35, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
> On 11/10/14, 9:36 AM, Scott Feldman wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 6:12 AM, Roopa Prabhu
>> <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/10/14, 4:27 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
>>>> On 11/10/14 03:46, Scott Feldman wrote:
>
> yes it is, But if i remember correctly, the api (ndo op) could indicate
> offload to hw (or nic in this case)
> by giving 'self'. And in those cases the netdev nic port represents the
> switch.
>   (Will be nice to check and confirm this though).

No, you are correct. You select to add to the bridge fdb or/and via
the underlying brport fdb.

cheers,
jamal